Women’s basketball

LaKeisha Anger and Sofia Guerra each notched double-doubles and Maria Jesse scored a game high 17 points to lead SPSCC to a 61-57 win over Grays Harbor at the SPSCC Gym. Guerra scored 14 points with 13 rebounds and Anger added 14 points and 12 boards.

Two points separated the two teams as late as 51 seconds left but SPSCC scored extended their lead to 61-55 with 14 seconds left to close out the game. South Puget Sound shot 48% in the second half and held Grays Harbor to just 29% shooting in the final 20 minutes to pick up the win.

The Clippers moved to 2-3 in the NWAACC West and 3-11 overall while Grays Harbor dropped to 0-4 in the West and have lost eight straight games.

Men’s basketball

Slanblaytee Kaye scored 23 points, pulled down 14 rebounds and dished out 13 assists but his triple-double wasn’t enough to lead vastly undermanned SPSCC to a win, falling 77-75 to Grays Harbor.

According to the box score, the Clippers played just six players. Four of them went all 40 minutes, Brandon McGurkin played 39 1/2 minutes and Brandon Logan played 30 seconds. Despite five of their players playing all but 30 seconds of the game, the Clippers played stronger in the second half scoring 44 points with seven 3-pointers. But they were killed by their free throw shooting knocking down just 13-of-29 attempts.

Keegan Liebelt scored 18 points on six 3-pointers, River Ridge grad Jonathan Roberts added 13 points and Brian Tyson notched a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds.

The Clippers fell to 1-4 in the NWAACC West and 1-11 overall.

Girls basketball

Governor Jay Inslee will be joined by members of the Seagals and the Seahawks mascot Blitz today at a 12th Man Fan Rally at the Capitol Campus flag circle beginning at 2:00 PM. They will raise the 12th Man flag in support of the 13-3 Seattle Seahawks, who face the New Orleans Saints on Saturday in the second round of the NFL playoffs.

Photo from the Seattle Mariners Facebook page

The Seattle Mariners Caravan rolls into town today with broadcaster Dave Sims, pitchers Danny Farquhar and Charlie Furbush and the Mariner Moose answering questions, signing autographs and taking photos with fans at the Worthington Center at Saint Martin’s. The event is free and runs from 4:15 PM to 5:45 PM.

Boys basketball
North Thurston vs. Shelton – North Thurston HS – 7:00 PM
Timberline vs. Mount Tahoma – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
Olympia vs. South Kitsap – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM

Girls basketball
Tumwater vs. RA Long – Tumwater HS – 7:30 PM

Women’s basketball
SPSCC vs. Green River – SPSCC Gym – 3:00 PM
Saint Martin’s vs. Western Oregon – Marcus Pavilion – 5:15 PM

Men’s basketball
SPSCC vs. Green River – SPSCC Gym – 5:00 PM
Saint Martin’s vs. Seattle Pacific – Marcus Pavilion – 7:30 PM

Girls basketball
Tumwater @ Timberline – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM

Boys basketball

Girls basketball

Women’s basketball

I kind of love this silly graphic I made for the Tumwater Pioneers last year, so I decided to use it again this year despite the untimely demise of the Pios.

Merry Christmas from Oly Sports!

Men’s basketball
Evergreen vs. Cal Maritime – CRC Gymnasium – 2:00 PM

The Evergreen men take the court for the first time since last Saturday when they battle Cal Maritime in a matinee matchup at the CRC Gymnasium.

The Geoducks are 1-3 in regular season play this season while the Keelhaulers of Vallejo, California are 6-1.

Oh boy, I hate to have to do these posts but I think it is important to point out that even if you think what you are posting on Twitter is private, it isn’t.

All of these tweets come from a 2013 local high school graduate who will be playing sports at an NWAACC community college. I’m not outing his name or school, though I easily could, but using this as a warning to others to think about what you tweet. I followed him before he protected his account so I was grandfathered into still seeing his tweets.

I’m not even really upset about the drugs, I think weed makes you boring and stupid but I don’t think it is particularly dangerous. But none of these tweets from an 18-19 year old paint a very good picture and reflect poorly on him, his high school program, his current college program and are generally repulsive and could negatively affect his life if his current coach, athletic department, future coaches or employers or less non-narc-y media types see them.

Anyway, without further ado, let’s start out with a doozie. No doubt about this one…

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High school volleyball
Timberline 3, North Thurston 0 (25-22, 25-14, 25-15)
Bellarmine 3, Olympia 0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-10)
Capital 3, Aberdeen 0 (25-15, 25-14, 25-9)
Tumwater 3, Black Hills 0 (25-22, 25-16, 25-17)

Timberline finished the regular season undefeated and North Thurston took the second spot in the 3A Narrows League. Bellarmine also finished their regular season undefeated with their three set sweep of Olympia, who finished 9-3 and tied with Gig Harbor.

In the 2A EvCo, both Tumwater and Capital swept Black Hills and Aberdeen respectively and will face each other on Thursday night at Tumwater High School with first place on the line. Tumwater is 11-0 and Capital is 10-1 with their only loss coming to the T-Birds earlier this season.

Girls soccer
Capital 4, Aberdeen 1
Black Hills 3, Tumwater 0
Timberline 8, Lincoln 0

Black Hills wrapped up their perfect conference season with a 3-0 win over Tumwater. They sit at 12-0 while Capital and the T-Birds tied for second at 8-4.

Men’s soccer
Concordia 2, Evergreen 1 – Recap

USARS Roller Derby National Championships
Oly Rollers 163, Port T’Orchard 26
Oly Warriors (Men) 70, Tulsa 69

The Oly Rollers cruised to their second straight USARS Roller Derby National Championship today in Tulsa knocking off Port T’Orchard 163-26.

And the Oly Warriors made it a clean sweep for Olympia at the tournament with their 70-69 squeaker. The Warriors scored 13 points in the final jam of the bout to pull it out over Your Mom.